1240BF24R0001 PWS Heritage Surveys.pdf

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Performance Work Statement Heritage Survey – Kenai Bark Beetle

General Information

1.0 General: This is a non-personal services contract to provide cultural resource management contractor to complete cultural resource inventories within the projects’ area of potential effect (APE), totaling approximately 2642 acres. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

2.0 Background: The Seward Ranger District of the Chugach National Forest is experiencing an outbreak of spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis). Spruce beetle is the most significant mortality agent of mature spruce in Alaska and is currently responsible for approximately 900,000 acres of spruce mortality in the southcentral portion of the state. After mortality occurs, individual trees within the stand are at risk of falling within a few years, creating an extreme hazard in places where mortality and human populations meet.

3.0 Purpose: The purpose of this contract is to complete cultural resource inventories within the projects’ area of potential effect (APE), totaling approximately 2642 acres.

4.0 Description of Services: The Chugach National Forest is seeking a cultural resource management contractor to complete cultural resource inventories within the projects’ area of potential effect (APE), totaling approximately 2642 acres. There are approximately 29 previously documented cultural resources within the APE which will need to be monitored and updated on Forest Service site forms (Cultural Resources Records or CRRs) and GIS (ESRI-ArcPro), including confirmation of National Register eligibility recommendations. All unevaluated cultural resources within the projects’ APE, including newly identified cultural resources, will require evaluation for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). Approximately 55% of the APE is considered high probability for identifying cultural resources and will require intensive survey as defined in Appendix D of the Programmatic Agreement among the USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Heritage Program Management on National Forests in the State of Alaska 2017 (Alaska Region PA).

5.0 Place of Performance: Seward Ranger District of the Chugach National Forest, overview maps are attached. The Forest Service is proposing vegetation management activities on no more than 2642 acres of forested lands on the Seward Ranger District situated on the eastern Kenai Peninsula.

6.0 Period of Performance: The period of performance is 12 months (365) from the date of award.

7.0 Contract Type: The Government will award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), stand-alone commercial

Service Contract.

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8.0 Government Regular Working Hours: The Government's regular working hours are Monday through Friday from 0700 to 1700, except federal holidays or when the government installation is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar government directed closings.

9.0 Contractor Hours of Operations: The contractor is responsible for conducting business during or after government regular working hours, and to maintain at all times an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS.

10.0 Federal Observed Holidays: When a federal holiday occurs on a Saturday, federal employees are normally granted the previous Friday as the holiday observance. When a federal holiday occurs on a Sunday, federal employees are normally granted the following Monday as the holiday observance. Below is the list of recognized federal holidays:

Federal Holidays

New Year’s Day (January) Labor Day (September) Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday (January)

Columbus Day (October)

President’s Day (February) Veteran’s Day (November) Memorial Day (May) Thanksgiving Day (November) Juneteenth Day (June) Christmas Day (December) Independence Day (July)

11.0 Contractor Key Personnel:

Contract Manager: The contractor shall provide a Contract Manager and designated alternate, as applicable, who has full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to this contract. The Contract Manager or alternate shall be available during the Government's regular working hours.

12.0 Government Key Personnel:

Contracting Officer (CO): The CO is the only person with the authority to: enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts; make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government; and legally bind the government. The CO shall ensure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment under this contract. The CO shall determine and document the final assessment of the contractor's performance in the government’s past performance tracking system.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): A COR may be assigned to this contract to monitor all technical aspects and assist in contract administration. The COR may be authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract;

perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance; maintain written and oral communication with the contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract; issue written interpretations of technical requirements (without increasing or decreasing contract scope), including Government drawings designs, and specifications; monitor contractor's performance and notify both the CO and contractor of deficiencies; and provide site entry of contractor personnel. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the contract or any resulting task order.

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13.0 Post-Award Conference and Periodic Progress Meetings: The contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 42.5. The CO and/or COR shall meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the CO will apprise the contractor of how the Government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues.

14.0 Changes: The quantities specified in the Schedule of Items are estimates only and are not guaranteed quantities. The government reserves the right to add, remove, or change the items and quantities to be serviced under this contract, as required. Price adjustments for these changes shall be based on the rates specified in the Schedule of Items for identical or similar items. Changes will only be authorized by a warranted CO.

15.0 Inspection and Acceptance: Any inspection and acceptance will be at the location specified in the contract. The designated COR will act as the representative of the CO for purposes of inspection and acceptance of services to ensure compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of the subject contract. The COR has no authority to make any changes to the terms and conditions of the contract.

16.0 Invoicing and Payment: All contractor invoices shall be submitted via the Invoice Processing

Platform (IPP) using contract line item numbers (CLINs). The contractor shall be required to establish account(s), access method(s), log-in(s), and necessary training in order to submit invoices through IPP. Invoices not submitted via IPP shall not be accepted or paid.

16.1 The contractor shall only invoice for work performed and as authorized by the contract.

Payment will be made only for those items listed on the Schedule of Items. All other work is incidental to those pay items.

17.0 Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government property provided to the contractor for contractor use under this contract. At the close of each work period, all government property shall be secured.

18.0 Access to Government Facilities: The contractor shall coordinate all contractor personnel access to government facilities with the COR at least 5 business days prior to any scheduled service or visit. Only contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall have access to government facilities. If no coordination is made, access will be denied. Contractor personnel entering government facilities shall abide by all security regulations.

19.0 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel working in situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves by wearing clearly written and visible nametags at all times, as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials.

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20.0 Conduct of Contractor Personnel: The CO may require the contractor to remove from the work site any employee working under this contract for reasons of misconduct, security, or found to be or suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other incapacitating agent. Contractor employee shall be subject to dismissal from the premises upon determination by the CO that such action is in the best interests of the government. Such removal from the work site or dismissal from the premises shall not relieve the contractor of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform the services as required by this PWS.

21.0 Service Interruptions: If any services must be interrupted (even temporarily) due to maintenance of contract work, the contractor shall notify the CO and COR at least 3 business days in advance.

If the service is due to an emergency breakdown, the contractor shall notify the CO and COR as soon as practicable.

Technical Requirements

22.0 Specific Tasks

The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, and other items and non-personal services necessary to complete cultural resources inventory activities in the Chugach National Forest. Cultural resource management contractor to complete cultural resource inventories within the projects’ area of potential effect (APE), totaling approximately 2642 acres. The government has identified three (3) areas for priority of work High, moderate and low priority. All requirements outlined below are applicable to all three priorities.

• Contractor is not required to apply for an archaeological investigation permit.

• Contractor shall begin pre-work and attend a pre-work meeting with CO, COR, and GTM no later than five (5) business days after contract award. Contractor shall submit weekly status report starting no later than five (5) business days after contract award until close of contract.

• Contractor shall submit final pre-field no later than five (5) business days after pre-work meeting and survey design no later than five (5) business days after final pre-field is approved.

• Contractor shall submit 80% draft deliverables to the GTM no later than twenty (20) business days following GTM confirmation of completion of field work.

• GTM will return comments and edits on 80% drafts no later than five (5) business days after 80% draft deliverables received.

• Contractor to submit 100% draft deliverables addressing any edits or no later than five

(5) business days after 80% draft comments received. The GTM will have five (5) business days to review the 100% drafts and provide comments.

• Contractor will have five (5) business days to address all final GTM comments.

The following establishes the required tasks and the minimum acceptable levels of service:

22.1 Survey(s) to Include the Following:

22.1.1 Validation of Forest Service-provided background (pre-field) research

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22.1.2 Development of survey design to be discussed with and approved by the Government Technical Monitor (GTM) before proceeding. Contractor to submit weekly status reports to the GTM, as defined in the Deliverables section.

22.1.3 Follow the Field Work Requirements described in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines.

22.1.4 Follow the Spatial Standards described in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting

Standards and Guidelines.

22.1.5 The results of the survey or changes to the survey strategy will be recorded daily in physical or digital format agreed upon by the GTM and contractor.

22.1.6 The survey strategy design may be changed in the field when field conditions are not favorable due to environmental or human factors or issues of safety – GTM must be consulted prior to changing survey design. These changes should be adequately documented in the final report. The final decision as to whether an area should be surveyed is the prerogative of the GTM, regardless of previous decisions made in the field. If the GTM does not agree with changes made in the field, the contractor will survey the area in question.

22.2 Site Identification Reporting and Data Specifications

22.2.1 Reporting:

22.2.1.1 Follow the Report Requirements described in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines.

22.2.1.2 The contractor shall evaluate all previously recorded and newly identified cultural resources for inclusion on the National Register.

Refer to USDI-National Register Bulletin 15 – How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, and provide all appropriate site, feature, and artifact documentation as justification for a determination of eligibility.

22.2.1.3 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources- All previously recorded cultural resources within the projects’ APE will need to be assessed during this project. This includes completing a an updated CRR. If a previously recorded site can’t be relocated, the contractor shall provide an updated CRR stating that the site can’t be relocated and document the rational.

22.2.1.4 Cultural Resource Recording Performance Standards - The contractor must record all cultural resources in accordance with the above specifications and the USDA-Forest Service Handbook. No handwritten site forms will be accepted. All CRRs must be documented along with sketch and location maps and photographs as described in

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22.2.2 Recording Isolated Finds- When an isolated find is encountered follow Alaska

Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines, Appendix C Isolated Finds.

22.2.3 Data:

22.2.3.1 Quality Assurance, Quality Control (QAQC) measures must be made on data eliminating overlaps, gaps, slivers, topology errors, etc. to ensure accurate analysis is made and reported.

22.2.3.2 Follow Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines, Appendix A Spatial Standards, GIS Standards.

22.2.3.3 All final data must be delivered in File Geodatabase format.

22.2.3.4 The forest service will retain ownership of any models, scripts, tools, field collected GPS data, geospatial data, etc. used in contracted GIS analysis and products.

22.2.3.5 Forest service provided data belongs to the Forest and must be returned to the Forest Service upon completion of the contract. The contractor is not authorized to keep or maintain copies of any Forest Service provided geospatial data. Forest service provided geospatial data may be used for the completion of the contracted project only. It cannot be retained and used on any other forest or non-forest contracts or projects.

22.2.3.6 Forest Service authoritative datasets must be used for all analysis, and map production where required by any applicable CFR, policy, direction, plan or decision.

22.3 Report Production Specifications:

22.3.1 The pages must be standard size (8 1/2” x 11”). Maps may not exceed 11”x17”.

22.3.2 The cover and title page shall carry the statement that the work was “Prepared for the USDA-Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Alaska” and will clearly show the Chugach National Forest project number R2022100430010.

22.3.3 The Forest project number shall be used as the primary identifier (i.e. in report text, site narratives, tables, etc.).

22.3.4 All pages such as maps and drawings must be of professional quality and legible when reproduced in black and white.

22.3.5 The report must be clean and suitable for printing.

22.3.6 The report will be returned to the contractor if there are editorial or typographic errors, production flaws, format/content discrepancies or any other problems, which cause it to be of less than professional quality.

22.3.7 Any additional costs to bring the report to acceptable quality will be at the contractor’s own expense.

22.3.8 All reporting materials will be provided in electronic format and contain both Microsoft Word and PDF formatted documents.

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22.3.9 Location data for cultural resources boundaries, isolated finds, and surveyed areas in file geodatabase format will also be a part of the electronic data provided on thumb drive or Box external collaboration folder.

22.3.10 Any cultural resources, features or artifacts discussed in the body of the report must have photos or quality illustrations included with the description as an integral part of the report and NOT in a separate appendix.

22.3.11 All spatial data (maps, geodatabase, etc.), CRRs, photographs and any project related documentation MUST be provided in usable/editable electronic format. All written text and forms must be in Microsoft Word and PDF format.

Additional Requirements

23.0 Work Schedule

The COR may request the contractor provide a work schedule for work to be performed at the contract or task order level. The contractor shall develop a work schedule and submit it to the COR NLT 5 business days from the date they receive notification from the COR. An updated copy shall be provided to the COR as changes occur. All services shall be coordinated with the COR at least 72 hours prior to performing services.

Deliverables Schedule

24.0 Key Deliverables

The contractor shall submit an electronic copy of all deliverables to the CO and COR in PDF format and phrased in layperson language. Below is a list of all deliverables outlining each objective and due date.

24.1 Fieldwork Deliverables

1. Weekly Progress Reports

a. Submit weekly progress reports starting no later than 5 business days after contract award through completion of the contract.

b. During field inventory:

i. Submit at the end of each week or session of fieldwork. This is an informal report and can be done via email and/or phone conversation with the GTM. If any issues arise (i.e. inaccessible units, inclement weather, safety concerns or other problems) contact the agency CO and COR so issues can be resolved.

ii. Document progress of survey including approximate number of acres surveyed, approximate location of completed survey, number of new sites encountered, number of previously recorded sites encountered, and number of isolated finds encountered.

iii. Copies of daily field notes.

24.2 80% Deliverables

1. Draft CRRs

a. Provide one copy of each of the following items:

i. All draft CRRs and associated documents

ii. All draft site sketch maps

iii. All draft isolated find forms

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iv. Draft topographic field maps showing all site and/or isolated find locations

v. Copies of daily field notes

2. Spatial/GIS data in ESRI ArcPro

a. GIS/spatial data deliverables should follow Alaska Region Field and Reporting

Standards and Guidelines, Appendix A Spatial Standards, GIS Standards.

b. All completed survey areas divided by high probability and low probability acres

(clean polygons without multiple vertices).

c. Cultural resource and isolated find points and boundary polygon(s).

3. Draft Inventory Report, following the USDA-Forest Service Handbook and Report Requirements described in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines.

24.3 100% Deliverables

1. Final Inventory Report

a. Final report in Microsoft Word and PDF formats which describes, in narrative format, all of the same information provided in the draft report with requested corrections and comments from draft report addressed. The report will be used for National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 consultation between the USDA-Forest Service and the Alaska SHPO, Tribes, and Alaska Native Corporations and as such, shall provide sufficient information with which to conduct these procedures.

2. Final CRRs and Isolated Find Forms. CRRs must include:

a. Final CRRs in Microsoft Word and PDF format.

i. Overview photographs with aspect noted and detailed photographs as needed.

ii. Location map in PDF format. Use professional discretion when selecting a map scale. 1:24,000 is considered standard.

iii. Site sketch map at appropriate scale in PDF format

iv. All features must be photographed with a scale and plotted on the site sketch map.

v. Diagnostic tools must be photographed with a scale or drawn, and plotted on the site sketch map.

vi. PDFs will include the CRR and all associated site materials in a single PDF.

b. Final Isolated Find Forms including overview photographs with aspect noted and detailed photos as needed and a location map in Microsoft Word and PDF formats.

Use professional discretion when selecting a map scale. 1:24,000 is considered standard.

3. Maps:

a. All cultural resource locations will be marked on the topographic maps including

Township, Range and Sections, in accordance with standards set forth in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines. Use professional discretion when selecting a map scale. 1:24,000 is considered standard.

4. GIS Data: Spatial/GIS data for all areas inventoried, cultural resources boundaries, and isolated find, datum, and other locations in file geodatabase format, following Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines, Appendix A Spatial Standards, GIS Standards.

5. Photographs: Digital photographs and photo logs following Photograph Standards described in the Alaska Region Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines.

All CRRs, Isolated Find Forms, photo logs, digital photos, and unused government-furnished property will be returned to the agency CO and COR with the 100% deliverables.

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Item No.

Deliverable Objective Due

1 Pre-work meeting Go through PWS and R10 Field and Reporting Standards and Guidelines

No later than five (5) business days after contract award

2 Final pre-field Validate draft pre-field provided by Forest Service

No later than five (5) business days after Notice to Proceed (NTP)

3 Survey Design Adhere to PA Appendix D Inventory Strategy

No later than five (5) business days after Final pre-field approved

4 Weekly Status Report

Documenting progress made during the week

Weekly starting no later than five (5) business days after contract award until close of contract

5 Field work completion meeting

Review work performed and confirm sufficiency of field work no later than three (3) months after NTP

6 80% Draft Deliverables

Described in PWS No later than twenty (20) business days after field work completion meeting

80% Draft Deliverables Comments to Vendor

No later than five (5) business days after 80% Draft Deliverables received

7 100% Draft Deliverables

Described in PWS and incorporating 80% Draft Deliverables comments

No later than one five (5) business days after 80% comments received

100% Draft Deliverables Comments to Vendor

No later than six (5) business days after 100% Draft Deliverable received

8 100% Final Draft Deliverables

Incorporating 100% Draft Deliverables comments

No later than five (5) business days after 100% Draft comments received

100% Final Draft Deliverables comments to Vendor

No later than five (5) business days after 100% Final Draft Deliverables received

9 100% Final Deliverables

Incorporating 100% Final Draft Deliverables comments

No later than five (5) business days after 100% Final Draft comments received

Performance Requirements Measures

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25.0 Contractor’s Performance: The government expects the contractor to work at an acceptable performance level throughout the life of the contract, and the contractor’s performance shall be given significant consideration when evaluating recommendations for future government contracts and/or awards.

26.0 Acceptable Performance: Acceptable performance is achieved if 95% of the requirement is successfully satisfied. The contractor’s acceptable performance will be rated in COR reports and in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) as Satisfactory, Very Good, or Exceptional.

27.0 Unacceptable Performance: Unacceptable performance is achieved if less than 95% of the requirement is satisfied (e.g., work specified by contract is incomplete or work is not IAW the PWS, task order, and manufacturer’s specifications). If the performance is deemed unacceptable for any objective (required task), the COR will determine the possible cause of this unacceptable performance. Unacceptable performance caused by actions of the contractor shall be reported to the contractor’s on-site representative and request its signature on documentation acknowledging notification. Unacceptable performance caused by actions of the Government shall not be held against the contractor. If the contractor disputes the results of surveillance, the COR must refer the contractor to the CO for resolution. The contractor’s unacceptable performance will be rated in COR reports and in CPARS as Marginal or Unsatisfactory.

28.0 Performance Requirements Summary

Item

Performance Objective

Performance Standard

Performance Threshold

Surveillance Method Remedy

1 Weekly Progress reports

Work shall be performed IAW this PWS, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

See section

24.1 and 22

No variances allowed. 100% services performed as required by the contract.

Periodic and/or random inspections by the COR.

Rework at no cost to Government for defective services. Full invoice payment upon successful completion and acceptance.

2 80% Deliverables

Work shall be performed IAW this PWS, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

See section

24.2 and 22

95% services performed as required by the contract.

Periodic and/or random inspections by the COR.

Rework at no cost to Government for defective services. Full invoice payment upon successful completion and acceptance.

3 100% Deliverables

Work shall be performed IAW this PWS, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws

95% services performed as required by the contract.

Periodic and/or random inspections by the COR.

Rework at no cost to Government for defective services. Full invoice payment

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See section

24.3 and 22 upon successful completion and acceptance.

29.0 Government-Furnished Property:

29.1 The Government will provide a geodatabase file containing known cultural resources and previous inventories within the Forest Service Heritage program database.

29.2 The Government will provide maps showing areas of high probability.

29.3 The Government will provide a draft background (pre-field) research.

29.4 The Government will provide access to Heritage program files for background research, either digitally or access to physical files as appropriate.

Definitions, Acronyms, and Applicable Laws, Regulations and Guidance

30.0 Definitions:

Acceptance: The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government, for itself or as agent of another, assumes ownership of existing identified supplies tendered or approves specific services rendered as partial or complete performance of the contract.

Business Day: Refers to any day in which government normal business operations are conducted.

For this contract, a business day will be IAW PWS Paragraph 6.0, Government Regular Working Hours.

Calendar Day: Refers to the period of elapse time, using Coordinated Universal Time or local time that begins at midnight and ends 24 hours later at the next midnight.

Contracting Officer (CO): A person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. The term includes certain authorized representatives of the Contracting Officer acting within the limits of their authority as delegated by the Contracting Officer. "Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO)" refers to a Contracting Officer who is administering contracts. "Termination Contracting Officer (TCO)" refers to a Contracting Officer who is settling terminated contracts. A single Contracting Officer may be responsible for duties in any or all of these areas.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): An individual, including a Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR), designated, and authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions.

Contractor: A supplier or service provider that enters into a contract with the Government to provide specific supplies or services to the Government. The term in this contract refers to the prime.

Day: Unless otherwise specified, it means a calendar day.

Defective Service: A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

Deliverable: Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

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Equipment: A tangible item that is functionally complete for its intended purpose, durable, nonexpendable, and needed for the performance of a contract. Equipment is not intended for sale, and does not ordinarily lose its identity or become a component part of another article when put into use. Equipment does not include material, real property, special test equipment or special tooling.

Facility: An establishment, structure, or assembly of equipment designated for a specific function;

something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service.

Government-Furnished Property (GFP): Property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and subsequently furnished to the contractor for performance of a contract.

Government-furnished property includes, but is not limited to, spares and property furnished for repair, maintenance, overhaul, or modification. Government-furnished property also includes contractor-acquired property if the contractor-acquired property is a deliverable under a cost contract when accepted by the Government for continued use under the contract.

Government Property: All property owned or leased by the Government. Government property includes both government-furnished property and contractor-acquired property. Government property includes material, equipment, special tooling, special test equipment, and real property. Government property does not include intellectual property and software.

Inspection: Examining and testing supplies or services (including, when appropriate, raw materials, components, and intermediates assemblies) to determine whether they conform to contract requirements.

Invoice: A contractor’s bill or written request for payment under the contract for supplies delivered or services performed.

Line Item: the basic structural element in a procurement instrument that describes and organizes the required product or service for pricing, delivery, inspection, acceptance, invoicing, and payment. The use of the term "line item" includes "subline item," as applicable.

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN): Either a numeric or alphanumeric format to identify a line item.

Non-Personal Services Contract: A contract under which the personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees. Non-personal service contracts are authorized by the Government IAW FAR 37.012, under general contracting authority, and do not require specific statutory authorization.

Performance Objectives: Describe the work that is to take place.

Performance Requirements Summary (PRS): Identifies the key performance indicators of the contract that will be evaluated by the Government to ensure the contractor meets standards.

Performance Standard: Describe the desired results that are to be achieved. A measure of comparison; an acceptability criterion; a benchmark or yardstick against which a service will be measured.

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Quality Assurance (QA): Refers to the various functions, including inspection, performed by the Government to determine whether a contractor has fulfilled the contract obligations pertaining to quality and quantity.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP): An organized written document used by the Government for quality assurance surveillance. A plan describing how the government will survey, observe, test, sample, evaluate and document the contractor’s performance in meeting critical performance standards identified in the contract.

Quality Control (QC): Refers to the various functions performed by the contractor to control and improve the quality of goods and services provided.

Quality Control Plan (QCP): An organized written document used by the contractor for quality control.

A contractor’s internal quality assurance procedures for measuring, tracking, reporting, and analyzing contract performance. A contractor’s QCP is separate from the government’s QASP.

Service Contract: A contract that directly engages the time and effort of a contractor whose primary purpose is to perform an identifiable task rather than to furnish an end item of supply.

Serviceable Condition: Refers to items that are usable; ready for use; in proper operating condition;

durable; clean and in good condition; usable for its intended purpose.

Sub-Contractor: One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privy of contract with the sub-contractor.

31.0 Acronyms

Acronym ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer Representative ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADEC Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation AGAR Agriculture Acquisition Regulation BMP Best Management Practices CAP Contractor Acquired Property CFE Contractor Furnished Equipment CFM Contractor Furnished Material CFP Contractor Furnished Property CFR Code of Federal Regulations CLIN Contract Line Item Number CO Contracting Officer

COR Contracting Officer Representative COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf

CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System DID Data Item Description EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FAPIIS Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

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FPDS Federal Procurement Data System FS Forest Service

FSH Forest Service Handbook FSM Forest Service Manual GFE Government-Furnished Equipment GFM Government-Furnished Material GFP Government-Furnished Property

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of

IAW In Accordance With IAS Integrated Acquisition system IPP Invoice Processing Platform N/A Not Applicable

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NLT No Later Than NTE Not to Exceed OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest ODC Other Direct Costs OMB Office of Management and Budget

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration PA Property Administrator

PIPO Phase In/Phase Out POC Point of Contact POP Period of Performance PRS Performance Requirements Summary PUB Publication PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Plan SAM System for Award Management SDS Safety Data Sheets SF Standard Form

TBN To Be Negotiated TE Technical Exhibit TO Task Order

USC United States Code USDA United States Department of Agriculture WD Wage Determination

32.0 Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Guidance:

The contractor shall perform the required services IAW the specifications in this PWS, and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Additional requirements and information may be found from the following sources:

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NHPA: National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (54 USC 300101 et seq.)

32.0 Appendix’s:

Appendix 1 HighPriorityUnits Appendix 2 ModeratePriorityUnits Appendix 3 LowPriorityUnits Appendix 4 2015-FSH-2309-12-HeritageProgram Appendix 5 202403 R10 Field-Reporting Standards-Guidelines Appendix 6 20170710 R10 Heritage PA Executed Appendix 7 R10 FRSG Appendix D Isolated Find Form Appendix 8 R10 FRSG Appendix F Cultural Resource Record